Published by The New York Times Science & Environment John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, is pressing China to do more to address global warming. But he faces an emboldened Beijing leadership that thinks the United States has lagged behind. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/world/asia/us-china-climate-john-kerry.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration is closing in on deals with some close allies, but agreements with powers like China, Brazil and India are proving difficult. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/climate/biden-climate-change-diplomacy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The annual assessment does not predict a military confrontation with either Russia or China, but it suggests that intelligence operations, cyberattacks and global drives for influence will intensify. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/china-national-security-intelligence-report.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When the Indian Point nuclear power plant shuts, its lost output will be filled primarily by generators that burn fuels that contribute to climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/nyregion/indian-point-power-plant-closing.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Commentary by Sea Shepherd CEO Captain Alex Cornelissen March 24th, 2021 – Over the past five years Sea Shepherd has focused on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU fishing). Our campaigns, primarily in West Africa, have given us a wealth of information regarding the impact of both IUU fisheries as […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In his first major address, the secretary of state pledged to focus on how diplomacy has a direct effect on regular Americans. At the top of the list: dealing with China. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/politics/biden-blinken-foreign-policy.html
Published by the Forest Industry Network By Robert Dalheim China will extend tariff exemptions on 65 imported products from the United States. Hardwood lumber and logs made the list. China’s Ministry of Finance announced the decision Friday. The new extension goes until September 16, 2021. “Apparently, U.S. hardwood logs and lumber were the only agricultural products […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New research confirms that emissions from China of CFCs, a banned gas that harms Earth’s ozone layer, have fallen sharply, reversing a dangerous spike. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/climate/ozone-layer-china-cfcs.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Xi Jinping has been making trade agreements in Asia and now Europe, hoping to head off the incoming president’s efforts to rally a united front against China. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/world/asia/china-eu-investment-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Speaking at an online summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, Xi Jinping said that China would reduce its carbon intensity by over 65 percent by 2030. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/climate/china-xi-greenhouse-gases.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In China, where any hint of protest is viewed with suspicion, one teenager is trying to draw attention to the dangers human development poses to the world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/asia/ou-hongyi-china-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An expanding coalition of Native Americans, liberal activists and Democrats in Congress are demanding an American Indian Interior secretary, and they want Deb Haaland. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/climate/native-american-interior-secretary.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The U.S.-China relationship is at its lowest point in a half century, but there are also converging interests on global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/climate/biden-climate-china.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (November 12, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) announced that it will dedicate more than $20 million in infrastructure funding to projects that will improve access to safe drinking water for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-20-million-improve-access-drinking-water-tribal-communities
Published by Ocean Conservancy My story of the ocean’s ability to console a mourning soul is not uncommon. Like many families facing a life-changing loss, when my beloved father passed away unexpectedly in 2007 we knew exactly what we would do to memorialize him. We would scatter his ashes in the shimmering waters of the Indian […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today, along with our colleagues at Sea Education Association, DSM Environmental Services and the University of Georgia, Ocean Conservancy published a study (Law et al., 2020) in the journal Science Advances that should change the way the world thinks about the United States’ role in tackling global plastic pollution. Our new study […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Jenna Schwerzmann, Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Awardee. Originally from upstate New York, Jenna began her marine conservation career on Long Island after graduating from Stony Brook University with a B.S. in Marine Vertebrate Biology and M.A. in Marine Conservation and Policy. She has experience with both research […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/business/japan-carbon-neutral.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/business/japans-carbon-neutrality.html
Published by the Environmental News Service GOLDEN, Colorado, October 23, 2020 (ENS) – In rural Northern California, inland American Indian reservations risk being “islanded” from the larger electricity grid should a wildfire disable the single transmission line that delivers power to their homes, businesses, and critical services providers. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2020/10/24/u-s-renewable-energy-lab-energizes-remote-communities/